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§ BEST GOODS 



NO. 40 



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SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FAMILY GARDEN 



DRAW A DIAGRAM OF THE garden. Locate the crops which take the most room (corn, potatoes, vines of the 

 cucumber family), then locate the other crops, grouping them as follows: Peas, potatoes beans; (asparagus, rhubarb, 

 herbs;) parsnips, turnips, salsify; beets, carrots, onions; cabbag-e, cauliflower; okra, tomatoes, egg-plant, peppers; spinach, 

 swlss chard, radish, salad plants. Vegetables should be planted in rows. Sow Indoors or in Hotbed January 15: Fox- 

 glove, pansy, Iceland poppy. 



ORDER SEEDS. QUANTITY OF SEED FOR A FAMILY OF EIGHT: Brussels sprouts, carrot, turnip, 1 oz; onion, 

 spinach, okra, 2 oz.; Cauliflower, eggplant, peppers, 2 pkgs.; cucumbers, 25 hills, 1 oz. ; squash, 20 hills, 1 oz; string' beans, 

 2 qts. ; lima beans, 1 qt.; peas, 4 qts.; corn, 3 pts. (3 plantings); lettuce, 1 oz.; BUY GARDEN TOOLS ; Wheelbarrow, 

 roller, watering-can, sprayer, spade, fork, wheel hoe, common hoe, weeder, rake, scythe, sickle, trowel. 



WHEN TO SOW: Early crops between March 15 and May 1. Main crops about May 5. Cover seeds twice or three 

 times their thickness. Distances: drills from 1 to 2 feet apart; corn, 3 feet; vines of the cucumber family, 4 feet; 

 tomatoes, 3 feet. 



SOW INDOORS MARCH 1 OR IN HOTBED: Cabbage, endive, eggplant, lettuce, peppers, tomato. .SOW INDOORS 

 MARCH 1 OR IN HOTBED: Sweet-alyssum, balsam, calendula, coreopsis, petunia, sweet-william, zinnia. 



SOW OUT OP DOORS BETWEEN MARCH 15 AND APRIL 1: Beets, cabbage, carrots, kohlrabi, lettuce, onions, parsley, 

 parsnips, radish, salsify, spinach, turnips, sweet-peas. 



SOW OUT OF DOORS APRIL 15: Beets, cabbage, carrots, Swiss chard, celery, cornsalad, garden cress, endive, lettuce, 

 okra, onion, parsley, parsnips, peas, radish, salsify, spina.ch, sage, thyme, turnip. SOW OUT OF DOORS APRIL 15: Sweet- 

 alyssum, calendula, candytuft, corn-flowers, carnation, forget-me-not, larkspur, marigold, mignonette, Iceland poppy, 

 snapdragon, sweet-william, zinnia. Set out roots of dahlias, cannas, gladiolas, elephant ears, tube roses and plants of 

 hardy chrysanthemums. 



SOW OUT OF DOORS MAY 15: Beets, beans, cabbage, carrots, corn, salad, chicory, cucumbers, endive, tomatoes, 

 lettuce, lima beans, muskmelon, peas, peppers, potatoes, pumpkin, radish, sweet corn, Swiss chard, spinach, squash, sage, 

 watermelon. SOW OUT OF DOORS MAY 15: China aster, balsam, coreopsis, cosmos, foxglove, morning-glory, nastur- 

 tium, petunia, phlox, drummondii, sunflower. Vegetables and flowers should be transplanted from hotbed to garden about 

 May 10. Flowering shrubs should be pruned immediately after they have blossomed. Fruit trees should be sprayed 

 when the blossoms fall. 



SOW EARLY IN JUNE: Beans, beets, cucumbers, lettuce, peas, radish, sweet corn. Ten week Stock, pansy. .Roses 

 should be grown on a southern exposure. The soil should be a rich loam. Set out ever-blooming roses the middle of 

 April; Hybrid, Perpetual and Hardy Roses the middle of October. Rose bushes should be set 2 feet apart, sprayed 

 in April and May, and pruned in March. The rose-bed should be well covered the last of November, and uncovered 

 as soon as danger of frost is past. 



FIRST WEEK IN JULY: Beans, carrots, lettuce, radish, sweet corn, turnips. BORDEAUX MIXTURE is excellent 

 for all kinds of blight. ARSENATE OF LEAD will destroy insects that chew. DIRECTIONS: 2 to 3 pounds to 50 

 gallons of water. LEMON OIL CO.'S STANDARD INSECTICIDE WILL KILL PLANT LICE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 



AUGUST 1, LAST PLANTING OF BEANS AND PEAS. 



SET OUT BULBS EARLY IN FALL: Phlox (perrennial), peonies. Plant spring-flowering bulbs: crocus, daffodils, lily 

 of the valley, narcissus, snowdrops, tulips, hyacinths. Spring-flowering bulbs should be planted about 4 inches deep. Plar* 

 bulbs of German Iris and Japanese Iris. .IN THE WINDOW GARDEN: Roman hyacinths, Chinese sacred lilies, nar- 

 cissus and crocuses can be grown in sand and water. 



FERTILIZER for general use. Quantity, 500 lbs. to the acre, or 1 oz. to the square yard. Where a rich soil is re- 

 quired, 1,250 lbs. to the acre, or 4 oz. to the square yard. In artificial fertilizers there are no weed seeds. GENERAL 



HINTS; BONE-MEAL AND SHEEP MANURE are excellent for lawn, garden, and orchard; LIME for heavy, damp soil. 



BONE-MEAL OR SHEEP MANURE AND NITRATE OF SODA in equal parts for asparagus. IN THE FLOWER GARDEN 



in the spring a handful of bone-meal or sheep manure may be worked into the soil about a plant with marked results. 

 In midsummer, if flowers are few, rake in some nitrate of soda and a little bone-meal. SHEEP MANURE is a good fer- 

 tilizer for roses. 



ALL PRICES IN CATALOG SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 



